CAROLYN ffILSDON GILLES Crawford Co. Correspondent CENTERVILLE (Crawford Co.) — On Saturday evening, June 23, at the Jacob and Delores Lef fler Farm, 1989 Crawford County Dairy Princess Kimberly Belfiore passed her crown to successor Dana Ann Slusser of Centerville. Dana resides with her parents, David and Kaye Slusser, and brother Lee on the 250-acre Orange Bucket Farm near Center ville where they have 100 head of Registered Holsteins, including the SO head milking herd. Dana, who will be a senior at Maple wood High School, plans to attend Eastern College with a major in psychology. Her school, church, and farming activities include; president of Maplewood Jr. and Sr. High School Student Council; Band Council; marching, stage, concert and pep band; SADD; Model United Nations; French club; junior varsity basketball; newspaper staff; church youth group; Sunday School teacher; Dale Carnegie public speaking as a student and a graduate assistant; Townville Champs 4-H Club president, 1989; 4-H dairy bowl county and state; 4-H ambassador; Shatter hardpan and plow conventionally with a single affordable tool. Don’t invest in two separate implements! Thanks to adjustable working depth and advanced design, Unverferth’s Penetrator® primary tillage tool shatters hardpan like the best of the V-rippers and is in a class above the rest as .a com bination chisel/plow. Spring loaded design allow each coulter gang to walk over and around obstructions and follow high contours independently. Dou ble shank-spring design assures complete penetration. 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Dairy Princess; Rose Hoff man, English teacher at Union City Area High School, 1972 Erie/ Warren/Crawford Co. Dairy Prin cess, and 1972-73 State Dairy Princess; and William Steiner, Executive Director of the North Unverferth Manufacturing, Co., Inc • P.O. Box 357, Kalida, OH 45853 • 1-800-322-6301 in the U.S. • 419-532-3121 FAX 419-532-2468 • Ttelex 265026 1-800-322-6301 west Pennsylvania Regional Plan ning and Development Commit tee. Each contestant presented either a skit or an illustrated talk to be judged on poise, industry knowledge and presentation skills. Kimberly guided the audience on a trip to the grocery store, explain ing the digestive aids available for people with lactose intolerance. Kellie’s skit featured her as a, small child who had talked to a cow that was in hre mommy’s gar den. She recounted the cow’s joy in seeing kids drink milk and eat ice cream. Dana’s winning pre sentation was an illustrated talk featuring “A Round Tuit.” She urged the audience to “get around to” such things as eating healthier and saving money by drinking milk. Beth Christy posed an impromptu question to the three young women: “Who is your hero and why?” Each cited a parent as her personal hero. Dana named her father because of his ability to handle situations and people. She admired his trust in people, his honesty and the fact that he doesn’t show his anger. She said, “He’s very smart. He made it Newly crowned 1990 Crawford County Dairy Princess Dana Ann Slusser, center, shares the spotlight with her parents, Kaye and David Slusser of Centerville. Dana also received the award for best presentation for her Illustrated talk “A Round Tult,” urging the audience to “get around to” drinking more milk. through college and he could have done anything but he PICKED dairy fanning for his career.” Before relinquishing her crown, 1989 Dairy Princess Kimberly Belfiore, daughter of Wilson and Gloria Belfiore, gave some SIFor The Selective STRATFORD mg 2533 OLD PULA. PIKE, RT. 340, Smokdown, PA Tun., Thun. A Frt. 104; WmL A Sat 104 (717) 397-7539 lENT EPA WOOD STOVES _____ • SEE OUR NEW EFFICII Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 28,1990-A23 farewell remarks. She said, “The last year seems like a dream.” She described it as “full of surprises.” She commended the three 1990 contestants, urging them to keep their “heads high, heart light and spirit soaring” before passing on tips from her experience as the 1989 Dairy Princess, such as: “Never go to a banquet without a speech prepared,” and “Always carry an umbrella in a parade.’ l Then she added reassuringly, “You will not lose your job, no matter how many times you mess up.” Kimberly closed with a touching tribute to hr mother who, she said, was HER personal hero and “the wind beneath my wings.” Former Dairy Princess Junia Isiminger presented an award to Ms. Belfiore and “Best Presenta tion Award” to Ms. Slusser fol lowed by the crowning of Dana Ann Slusser as 1990 Dairy Prin cess with Kimberly Black and Kellie Kunz as alternates. Ice cream sundaes were the refresh ments of the evening with dancing to the music of the Mastertones.
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